A woman in Harris County, Texas has been treated for injuries after being shot in the head for not handing over her cell phone during a mugging. Was a phone really worth it? »7/21/14 5:00pm 7/21/14 5:00pm

Last week, Chopard jewelry was stolen from a hotel room in Cannes, during the film festival, specifically the same night as the premiere of The Bling Ring. Somehow, the festival has forged ahead, though perhaps ever-so-slightly less radiant. Today, the AP reports that there's been another robbery: »5/23/13 5:30pm 5/23/13 5:30pm

He thought he was on vacation from all the usual battling that goes on in the Supreme Court, but little did Justice Stephen Breyer know, he was in for a much bigger fight. He and his wife, along with two other guests, were in their vacation home on the Caribbean island of Nevis last week when an intruder came in with… »2/13/12 9:45pm 2/13/12 9:45pm

So much for tennis fans being polite. Earlier today, Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in an epic match to win the Australian Open, which lasted nearly 6 hours—the longest Grand Slam singles final in history. He decided to celebrate by throwing one of his extra shirts up to a fan in the stands, but it didn't quite go… »1/29/12 8:45pm 1/29/12 8:45pm

Police in Milwaukee are offering a unique service: they'll let you conduct your Craigslist transactions inside the police station, to prevent you from being robbed. Handy! The idea came about after a big uptick in robberies that occurred during the hand-off of goods sold on Craigslist. Police officer Lisa Staffold… »1/25/12 12:05am 1/25/12 12:05am

A pregnant woman in South Carolina was trying to lift a few things from a beauty supply store when one of the store's employees caught her red-handed. Rather than admit she was wrong and return the goods, Alexis Sade Hayes went on the attack. She hit the employee in the head with a can of hairspray she'd been… »1/17/12 11:05pm 1/17/12 11:05pm

In a nice turn of events (for once!), last night an adorable squirrel monkey who'd been stolen from the San Francisco Zoo was returned to his owners unharmed after missing for two days. The monkey, whose name is Banana Sam (which might be the perfect monkey name) was "hungry, trembling and thirsty" when he was… »1/01/12 6:30pm 1/01/12 6:30pm

After years of men using women's pantyhose during robberies, a woman has finally turned to masculine accouterment to disguise her identity — though everyone saw right through it. Witnesses say a woman who was dressed as a man and had a "drawn on" beard walked into a branch of the Bank of Tuscaloosa in Alabama, told… »8/02/11 10:00am 8/02/11 10:00am

Three Cincinnati teenagers tried to rob a woman Wednesday, choosing her as their victim because she was pregnant and therefore "vulnerable." One shot her in the hip, landing her in the hospital. »2/11/11 5:18pm 2/11/11 5:18pm

If you spotted six men trying to break into a jewelry store with sledgehammers, would you attack them with your handbag? See how this elderly woman in Northampton, England managed to foil a robbery with just her purse-swinging skills. »2/08/11 1:30pm 2/08/11 1:30pm

While Girl Scout Vanessa Bergeron, 7, was selling cookies with her mother and another Scout outside a Palm Beach shopping center, a woman drove up and snatched $92. She then sped off, presumably to shake down babies for their candy. »1/27/11 9:22am 1/27/11 9:22am

Three robbers were caught on surveillance cameras using a baby as a decoy. A woman holding the baby knocked on a Manhattan apartment door, then when the victim opened the door, two armed men stole money and an iPhone. »9/09/10 11:21am 9/09/10 11:21am

On Tuesday, a man wearing a burqa and armed with a gun robbed a bank in Maryland. Montgomery County police described the thief as a man of unknown race with a "Middle Eastern" accent. »8/13/10 1:20pm 8/13/10 1:20pm

After a couple snatched her purse at a Florida gas station, 73-year-old Patricia Robertson bit the man, then clung to their getaway car, getting dragged several feet. They were arrested after a bystander saw the commotion and called 911. »7/29/10 4:07pm 7/29/10 4:07pm

Yesterday, Philip Markoff was charged in Rhode Island with assaulting a stripper in a hotel. Today, attorneys general from three states are meeting with Craigslist's lawyers to urge a ban on its "erotic services" section. »5/05/09 9:20am 5/05/09 9:20am